The Top 25 News Stories On Just Food In 2025

Trump’s tariffs, regularisation connected ingredients and concerning nan environment, nutrient M&A and cybersecurity issues were among nan topics connected Just Food’s news pages that caught your oculus passim 2025. Scroll down for a flavour of nan stories that shaped nan food-industry schedule complete nan past 12 months.

9 September

Cocoa, java among caller US tariff exemptions

Donald Trump has enacted an executive bid that includes exemptions for imports including cocoa and java from existing US tariffs.

6 November

PepsiCo to adjacent different Frito-Lay tract successful US

PepsiCo has confirmed it plans to adjacent its Frito-Lay works successful Orlando, nan latest successful a number of different installation closures announced by nan US snacks and drinks giant.

31 October

Princes Group London IPO gets muted consequence arsenic trading starts

Princes Group marked its debut connected nan London Stock Exchange coming (31 October) but received a cool consequence from investors.

16 June

Bega Group eyes Fonterra’s Oceania business assets

Australian nutrient and dairy institution Bega Group intends to activity “informal merger clearance” from nan country’s title watchdog for a “potential” acquisition of Fonterra’s Oceania business unit.

18 November

Greencore to waste Bristol soups, sauces business to The Compleat Food Group

Greencore plans to waste its soups and sauces business successful nan UK metropolis of Bristol to The Compleat Food Group to fulfill a regulatory hurdle successful its takeover of Bakkavor.

26 March

Greencore ‘back pinch improved bid for Bakkavor’

Ireland-based nutrient supplier Greencore has reportedly made an improved connection successful its effort to return complete UK adjacent Bakkavor.

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13 August

Nestlé’s breakfast-cereal JV names Ecco Group arsenic imaginable purchaser of 2 plants

Cereal Partners Worldwide, nan breakfast-cereal task betwixt Nestlé and General Mills, is readying to waste a brace of plants successful France and nan UK.

18 November

Bonduelle sells Brazil works to Stella d’Oro Alimentos

Bonduelle has agreed a woody to waste a mill successful Brazil to section group Stella d’Oro Alimentos. Just Food understands nan French veg group plans to clasp a commercialized beingness successful nan country.

11 June

UNFI cyberattack: wholesaler “still shipping” to customers, CEO says

United Natural Foods continues to vessel to customers arsenic nan US market wholesaler and retailer responds to nan cyberattack that has deed nan business, its CEO has said.

18 November

Italian herb groups dumped products successful Australia, regulator says

Three Italian manufacturers dumped herb products successful Australia, nan country’s anti-dumping regulator has said.

19 November

Nestlé successful spotlight again complete sweetener successful babe foods

Nestlé is facing renewed disapproval of “double standards” for nan levels of sweetener successful baby-food products sold successful emerging markets.

20 November

EU Council calls for different year’s hold to deforestation rules

The European Council is seeking to hold implementation of nan EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by different twelvemonth up of talks pinch nan bloc’s Parliament.

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5 December

TFA ‘forever chemical’ recovered successful mundane cereals crossed Europe

Anew study has recovered precocious levels of nan “forever chemical” TFA successful mundane cereal products, including meal cereals, in Europe.

18 November

Premier Foods invests successful UK works for Loyd Grossman cooking sauces

Premier Foods is investing £36m ($47.3m) successful a UK mill to accommodate accumulation of nan Loyd Grossman marque of cooking sauces.

18 November

Shaken Udder sold to Spain’s Idilia Foods

Spanish food-and-drinks group Idilia Foods has snapped up UK milkshake business Shaken Udder.

17 March

Mars-backed sports-nutrition business Foodspring to cease trading

Foodspring, nan Germany-based sports-nutrition products shaper successful which Mars holds a mostly stake, is ceasing operations.

19 November

J&J Snack Foods to adjacent 3 plants nether Project Apollo transformation

J&J Snack Foods is rolling retired a translator programme centred connected costs savings, mill consolidation and driving an uplift successful profits.

7 May

Hain Celestial to reappraisal options, CEO exits

Hain Celestial coming (7 May) announced nan commencement of a “comprehensive review” of its portfolio and nan departure of its CEO Wendy Davidson.

19 November

Premium Food Group to rip up Vion woody – if Westfleisch steps in

Premium Food Group has offered to locomotion distant from its scheme – truthful acold blocked by regulators – to bargain much Vion assets successful Germany arsenic agelong arsenic chap nutrient awesome Westfleisch steps up to nan plate.

23 April

Strike astatine Nestlé Purina works successful US ends aft 7 weeks

A onslaught astatine Nestlé’s Purina pet-food manufacturing works successful nan US has travel to an extremity pursuing nan ratification of a caller four-year statement by national members.

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19 November

Stryve Foods strategical reappraisal draws “expressions of interest”

Stryve Foods has started a general process to measure its options after securing aggregate “expressions of interest”.

19 November

BellRing Brands reins successful income bets arsenic RTD shakes title intensifies

BellRing Brands has lowered its semipermanent income maturation projection, partially citing accrued title successful nan RTD beverage shingle category.

20 November

Delenco Foods becomes Red Sky Food Group’s latest nutrient acquisition

UK sausage shaper Delenco Foods has been acquired by Red Sky Food Group, an investor-backed task group up this twelvemonth to target macromolecule companies.

23 June

Texas to present food-additive informing labels

Texas has passed authorities that will require nutrient producers to spot informing labels connected items containing definite artificial colours and additives.

16 May

Arla mill successful Germany deed by cyber incident

An Arla Foods works successful Germany has been affected by a cybersecurity incident, nan dairy elephantine has confirmed.